Addressing disparities and challenges in global health from an LMIC perspective

Researchers from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) who have experience of submitting their manuscripts to internationally acclaimed high-impact journals would reverberate unanimously with Richard Horton's Offline piece, published on May 20, on the case for global health.1 Horton's critique highlights crucial issues surrounding power dynamics, resource allocation, and colonial practices in the field of global health.1 While acknowledging the importance of these discussions, we wish to underscore the disparities and challenges faced by LMIC researchers in global health and suggest feasible alternatives to address them. Journals also often have strict requirements regarding study design, statistical analysis, and reporting formats that can be more aligned with HIC research contexts. [...]LMIC researchers can feel pressured to conform to these standards, potentially compromising the contextual relevance and applicability of their work.4 The best global health education courses and universities lie entirely in HICs.